I had a Triumphonic Eb back in the 1990s. It was a 3+1 uncompensated. It did not lure me to the "Eb Dark Side" but it was a very okay tuba; I liked playing it. The intonation was very good. (I have been told that these were inconsistent, so perhaps I was lucky.) The sound was somewhere between the ...

Tubajug , I admit to having a strong desire to experience this one vicariously through you (but of course only if you don't have anything better to do)

Obviously missing finger pads and a bottom first valve cap, so not likely playable unless one is flexible enough and willing to stick one's finger ...

anadmai wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:04 pm I played an SA triumphonic euphonium for a short time back in 1988.

Whaddya think of it?

I've found that on pretty much any old German-style F tuba, you can bend low C up a step. As you get higher closer to the second partial F, the amount that you can easily bend decreases. I can bend low D up to about an Eb. Just a quirk of design, I think.


I struggled with this first few times i ...

Intriguing what can annoy folk sometimes

And sadly i have been too lazy to fiddle with my new trumpet style Eb, so no news there.

(Still fighting to not hear the subject line spoken by Rex Harrison...)

Wichita Band?

Probably also available through their website.

https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.ph ... 88#p107788

Just in case someone else is following this thread...

Purty, no?

Joke's on them... It's a Higham. Clear Bore is totally worth more than all them obstructed bore models out there.

(though i suppose Lyon & Healy could still have imported it? Hard to make out the engraving)

Now how big a sofa do i have to flip to find enough spare change for this?

As luck would have it, they can. I posted a picture in a new thread for bad ideas. (and i did so separately from this thread)

Too lazy to repost, or link.

Purty engravings all over!

Cool!

bort2.0 wrote: Mon Apr 07, 2025 10:59 am Congrats Blake, that's a hell of a score!

Parsed that as an On the Town reference.

Thanks!

bloke wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:29 am How much does a Yamaha 103 weigh?

i'll ask someone i know plays one, but somehow i had it pegged at 13 lb +/-1?

10js i recall weighing at 14 for some reason...

There is a next level?

Why couldn't more instruments have thumb rings like these?

In my opinion these are worth trying to restore?

Hard to tell though.

If memory serves, a slightly older (wider wrap or shorter bell stack, medalion only had one year) i know of got restored, and was what i first got a chance to figure ...

dp wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:44 pm SSB

but since you asked for a poll

(I appreciate the reference, but have mixed feelings, being more familiar with the source material in its original form)

Reminds me that i saw a listing of a similar buescher as a compensated instrument, and failed to correct them. (and honestly, they know more than i do, so maybe i'm wrong about compensation)

Anyway, cool instrument, for sure!

Almost surprised Couturiers don't do this for more conical boredom...

someone who could have afforded one when they were available for $5k but cannot afford one now that they are $30k.

Same thing with the paperclip contra clarinets -- I had two almosts with this seller and both went south on his end.


Mmmm... paperclip instruments!? Sounds almost as intriguing as ...

Seems most of it ends today, i think?

Also a bass sax is in the mix, what i guess i didn't mention the first pass.

Who doesn't want a bass sax?

I have such a poor relationship with value sometimes, but i kinda feel if ya play it in the same situations, don't feel obliged to offer a discount over an equivalent Blaikley system (age and size both coming into consideration). Baritone range, the added weight won't be much of an issue, and it ...